Sheesh, I had an impuse buying streak. I bought a Cannon digital camera and Object Desktop from Stardock (as well as other things) inside of a week. I don't normally do that kind of buying but I had some extra cash and the camera is not a one time payment so I can ease that one a bit. I can't wait for the camera to get here, some time this week, so I can get the pictures I have been missing. (ie; camp, VBS, strange skyes, buildings and people, etc...) Of course it will probably get here and I won't find anything to get pictures of, but at least it will be an option now. The Stardock suite is very cool and I am only using its more obvious features right now. The Stardock programs are basically visual and functional tweaks for windows that can't be done to windows, at least not by normal users, without some outside help. It is essentially a set of shells for the windows operating system. Some of which can be done within windows if you so choose.
- Instead of a basic windows cursor I have an animated futuristic arrowhead.
- Instead of the basic taskbar and star menu I have this.
- Instead of the basic explorer or program window I have this.
- Instead of the basic right click menu I have this.
- Instead of the basic desktop I have put a bunch of gadgets on to help me out.
- Instead of basic icons I have chosen these.
All of these things are just a taste of what it can do and all can be customized or created from scratch. At Wincustomize.com their exists a large database of other users creations for these programs that you can download as you want. Many are lame but some are profesionally done and worth a second look.
For people like me who need the consistant flow or feel of change and who spend too much time on their Compys...just changing the wallpaper every few days isn't always enough. I used to collect freeware from all around to try and get this accomplished and it was never very effective. Collecting freeware is also a dangerous job for a user these days considering the ad/spyware wars and virus/hack levels. Costing me a few reformats I'm sure. So it is well worth the fee to just download and install the programs it also comes with a years worth of updates to the suite. Still between the shopping spree and VBS I am getting low on funds for this month. Oh well, I'm sure the camera and the SD suite will keep me busy this month, besides I have to devote at least a full week to homework this month. Good thing I didn't break down and get that Lappy I have been flirting with. ^_^
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